http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:46:16 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2113 This clip from a War Department film shows African-American soldiers being trained for combat during World War 2. The Tuskegee Airmen are seen flying fighter planes in the U.S., while other soldiers train in arctic conditions. There’s no year given, but it’s probably 1942 or 1943.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:25:30 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2105 Throughout History the role of the black soldier has been underplayed in Western Armies. Black people have fought in all the Major European Armies including those of Poland and Germany. African American troops fought in Both world Wars and subsequent conflicts. African colonial troops fought in the First World War in Europe. Look through the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/die-farbiger/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/die-farbiger/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:07:59 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/die-farbiger/ “Die Farbiger”, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. A coloured French soldier (Troupes de Marine), most likely Senegalese is singled out to have his photograph taken with a Uhlan NCO and military official. Many of the Senegalese and other colonial troops were in the Troupes de Marine and were reported to have fought with incredible valour and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/die-farbiger/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:06:22 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/ Three French Prisonniers de Guerre / Landwehr Inftr Regt Nr 120, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. Three French Prisonniers de Guerre / Landwehr Inftr Regt Nr 120 Letter on reverse (below) with admin stamp from Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 120 and postage cancelled 8.6.1918 at an unspecified location. Three French Prisonniers de Guerre, two of whom are Senegalese [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/volkerkrieg-nachtangriff-der-senegalneger-auf-einen-deutschen-schutzengraben-am-27-oktober-1914/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/volkerkrieg-nachtangriff-der-senegalneger-auf-einen-deutschen-schutzengraben-am-27-oktober-1914/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:05:32 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/volkerkrieg-nachtangriff-der-senegalneger-auf-einen-deutschen-schutzengraben-am-27-oktober-1914/ ” Amazon.co.uk Widgets]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/volkerkrieg-nachtangriff-der-senegalneger-auf-einen-deutschen-schutzengraben-am-27-oktober-1914/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/a-wounded-senegalese-prisoner-of-war-is-carried-to-a-bandaging-station-november-1914/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/a-wounded-senegalese-prisoner-of-war-is-carried-to-a-bandaging-station-november-1914/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:01:32 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/a-wounded-senegalese-prisoner-of-war-is-carried-to-a-bandaging-station-november-1914/ A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914 Note on reverse (see below) dated 28.11.1914. One of a series of pictures taken by a German orderly at a first-aid station located [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/a-wounded-senegalese-prisoner-of-war-is-carried-to-a-bandaging-station-november-1914/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:59:34 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/ Pour la France! French colonial troops killed on the Western Front, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. Pour la France! French colonial troops killed on the Western Front Nothing on reverse.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/aunt-esthers-story/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/aunt-esthers-story/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:02:34 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1772 In 1991 Stephen Bourne and his adopted aunt, Esther Bruce (1912-94), collaborated on her autobiography Aunt Esthers Story. This is now recognised as one of the first books to document the life of a Black working-class Londoner. In 2007 Bourne assisted in the production of a short documentary, also called Aunt Esther’s Story, with no [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/aunt-esthers-story/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/swing-dancing-from-the-movie-hellzapoppin-1941/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/swing-dancing-from-the-movie-hellzapoppin-1941/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:47:56 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1597 Found this excellent video on Youtube today, some footage of African American Jazz music in the 40′s.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/swing-dancing-from-the-movie-hellzapoppin-1941/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/jackie-robinson-baseball-player/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/jackie-robinson-baseball-player/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:00:11 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1472 Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson (January 31, 1919 October 24, 1972) was the first African American Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to openly play in the major leagues since the 1880s, he [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/jackie-robinson-baseball-player/feed/ 0